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Propranolol may cause type-2 diabetes

"While once first-line treatment for hypertension, the role for beta-blockers was downgraded in June 2006 in the United Kingdom to fourth-line as they perform less well than other drugs, particularly in the elderly, and evidence is increasing that the most frequently used beta-blockers at usual doses carry an unacceptable risk of provoking type 2 diabetes. [7]"

However before I got too worried, I would be interested in the dosing people use for flushing as compared to hypertension.

That said I would take this away from what I read- Hypertensive patients are already at a significantly higher risk of developing diabetes. The addition of propanolol to a person already at a greater risk may increase the risks further.

However, that is a far cry from establishing that in a normal healthy adult, beta blockers significantly increase the risk of diabetes. A study of that nature will likely never be conducted anyway so as a rosacean, we each make an informed decision and do the best we can.

Oh dear! That's actually a fairly high dosage. Well that ain't gonna make you feel any better!

But again, while it may be a concern, and it would be something I definitely discuss with my "general physician", and certainly if the prop. was prescribed by a derm, it is not something I personally would overly worry about.

I might make every effort to ensure that my diet was a high quality "diabetes" diet.